Meramec(Arnold), MO 2372

Greetings

JUNE

I want to begin with a warm welcome to our new members that were initiated on May 6th. The membership of our lodge is the lifeblood that keeps the entire organization alive.  We have been doing a great job as a lodge for the last three years with a 10% increase per year.  I would love to see this trend continue.  So, let's all work together to bring quality members into our brother/sisterhood and keep the momentum we have generated going.

May is the month that usually ushers in summer.  It is also the month we remember those who brought us into the world on Mother's Day.  As a special observance of this day, we have an annual Mother's Day Brunch sponsored by the lodge and prepared by our officer group.  On Sunday May 12th we had approximately 100 mothers, guests and members attend this special event.  I would like to thank everyone who came and the officers and volunteers who assisted in making this celebration a success.  I was an amazing turnout, and we all look forward to continuing this tradition next year. 

Shifting gears, I want to give you a small snippet of upcoming things for our lodge as well as the district.  In the works we have a lodge hop tentatively set to go to Festus, DeSoto and High Ridge lodges, then return to ours.  Once we have more concrete details we will get the word out.  On June 1st we will have our East Central District golf tournament.  Also, the East Central District picnic will be on August 24th at the Festus/Crystal City lodge, starting @ 10:00am.  There is a running lodge trophy that is up for grabs year to year for the lodge with most contest points.  Pie eating and belly flop are examples of thee contests just to name a few.  Feel free to contact me if you are interested.

Lastly, I have a reminder to please remember to keep from propping open the member key card doors.  Let's all continue to support one another and build each other up instead of tearing one another down.

Fraternally yours,

Ashley Booth

Exalted Ruler